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Handel: works for viola da gamba - Ibrahim Azizi & Masumi Yamamoto give us a flavour of the sort of programme that an 18th century viola da gamba player might have assembled
[…] hung up on that, and concentrate on the quality of the pieces instead. The so-called Kassel Sonata is from a manuscript in the collection of the University of Kassel, which may have been copied by William Babell (c1690-1723), an associate of Handel's (Bridget Cunningham has recorded two of Babell's virtuosic harpsichord transcriptions of Handel arias in her Handel in Ireland disc), though some of the sonatas in the manuscript are now attributed to Johann Jakob Kress (1685-1728). The Sonata in C major for Viola da Gamba and Obbligato Harpsichord is attributed to Handel in ten of the eleven surviving sources. So, though it may be the work of Johann Matthias Leffloth (1705-1713), it may well be a work by Handel dating from his period in Venice (1706-1707).Aziz also plays his own transcription of Handel's Keyboard Suite HWV 448, a work written in 1705/06 and so from Handel's Hamburg period. We […]
2015-11-04 01:30:00
Pierre Monteux - Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade
01. - 04. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade. Symphonic Suite, op.35 [40'51] Hugh Maguire- violin, London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pierre Monteux 05. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Sadko. Music Picture, op.5 [10'44] 06. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - May Night Overture [8'09] L'Orchestra de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet Bonus track: 07. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov -Russian Easter Festival Overture, op.36 [15'00] London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult Decca Weekend 421400-2 (tracks 01.-06) and Digital Download (Track 07.) (Recorded: Scheherazade - June 1957; Russian Easter Festival Overture - May 1957; Sadko - May 1957; May Night - 1960; this CD released 1988) (flac and scans) Recording venue: Kingsway Hall London and Victoria Hall Geneva Recording engineers: Kenneth Wilkinson (Scheherazade); Ken Kress (Russian Easter Festival); Roy Wallace (Sadko); Not stated (May Night). Producers: James Walker (Scheherazade and Sadko) and Christopher Whelan (Russian Easter Festival); Not stated (May Night). […]
2014-12-29 03:12:44
Classical guitar concert set for Jan. 8 in Alexandria John De Chiaro will perform a classical guitar concert on Jan. 8 in the Kress Theatre in Alexandria. Check out this story on thetowntalk.com: http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/local/2014/12/28/classical-guitar-concert-set-jan-8-in-alexandria/20980955/ A classical guitar concert is set for 6 p.m. Jan. 8 on The Hearn Stage at the Kress Theatre, 1102 Third St. in downtown Alexandria.
2013-07-20 17:51:48
Everything's bigger in....(part the last)
[…] we are wearing train station caps and button down shirts, as we work for the “Gare St. Lazare” before Gardefeu recruits us to show clients around Paris. Below is me (Leonie) and Natalie after the first number. Bruno who plays Gardefeu is in the background. ** The frantic Bobinet played by Andy Newton, then shows up and he and Gardefeu argue over Metella, the beauty of Paris. Jacque Kress who played Metella has a lot of opera experience under her belt. She had a lot of confidence in her onstage demeanour and was inspiring to watch. As it turns out, this femme fatale has Gardefeu still pining for days past when they were an item. Gardefeu sings a mournful aria, but his musings are interrupted by the arrival of the Baron and Baroness Gondremarck. The Baron has a lot of money and […]
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